Vocabulary : Synocil to Synonym

Synocil : A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.
Synod : An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. ;; An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. ;; A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Synodal : Synodical. ;; A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. ;; A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
Synodic : Alt. of Synodical
Synodical : Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. ;; Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.

Synodically : In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.
Synodist : An adherent to a synod.
Synoecious : Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
Synomocy : Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.
Synonym : An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority. ;; One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym. ;; One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.

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